Box Lid

AF501B

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF501B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Square shaped wooden pigment box with lid; entire box is decorated with carved interlocking parrallel lines; slanted rim of both lid and box; a knobn with a flat top(faint cross hatch pattern) protrudes from center of lid; hole above knob, a second hole found directly below on base; a piece of twisted fiber attaches lid to box , knot tied at each end; base of box has a smooth surface except for carvings of two double lined ovals found opposite of one and other-top and bottom; incised horizontal lines on the left and right side of base; interior of base has a red hue, red pigment caked on the interior of lid; exterior of object is dark brown in color.

Side pattern:Ikundi

Height 6.3 cm
Length 12.3 cm
Width 12.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 622 - Other Number

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